PPDA Suspends Companies from Public Procurement The Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has suspended 34 more companies from participating in public procurement bringing the total of suspended firms to 91. Many of the companies have been suspended for submitting forged documents. When a company is suspended from public procurement, its directors too are suspended. They cannot be involved in public procurement and disposal on behalf of that company or any other company they represent. Download: PPDA List of Suspended Providers July 2014 In addition, the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has removed 12 companies and their directors from the suspension list after expiration of their suspension. In accordance with PPDA Regulation 16 (l) of the PPDA Regulations, 2014, the Authority notifies Government Entities (Local & Central) of the suspension of providers. The list of all suspended providers which can be downloaded from ppda.go.ug 1. The suspensions apply to any successor in interest, which includes any Entity (company) that is substantially similar to a suspended Entity (company) or which employs or is associated with any partner, member, officer, director, responsible managing officer or responsible managing employee of a suspended business Entity (company) in accordance with Regulation 12 (5) of the PPDA Regulations, 2014; 2. Under Regulation 12 (4) of the PPDA Regulations 2014, the suspension does not relieve the provider of responsibility or obligations under any existing contract placed prior to the suspension; and 3. Under Regulations 12 (9) and (10) of the PPDA Regulations 2014, after the expiry of the period of suspension, a provider may apply to the Authority, in writing, to be removed from the list of suspended providers and the Authority shall remove the provider from the list of suspended providers within fifteen (15) working days after the application. During the suspension period, all Procuring and Disposing Entities shall not: 1. Award contracts to the suspended companies; 2. Sell or issue solicitation documents the suspended companies or in any way solicit bid s from them; and 3. Enter into any other dealings or communication with the suspended companies except in respect to existing contracts placed prior to the suspension from Public Procurement and Disposal. Download: 1. Companies Suspended from Public Procurement in Uganda 2014 (Suspended Providers as of July 2014) 2. Companies that have completed their suspension (companies struck off the suspension list)
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:27:02 +0000